Cathy Burns, CEO of the International Fresh Produce Association, called the expo portion of the Foodservice Conference the “best five and a half hours in the produce and foodservice industry.”
Andrew Marshall, IFPA’s Staff Liaison for wholesaler-distributor members, and lead staffer on engagement with the K–12 school nutrition community visits with Mark Linder, U.S. Agriculture Liaison for The Culinary Institute of America at the opening reception of IFPA's Foodservice Conference on July 28
Betti Wiggins, Houston Independent School District, visits with IFPA CEO Cathy Burns and Andrew Marshall, IFPA’s Staff Liaison for wholesaler-distributor members, and lead staffer on engagement with the K–12 school nutrition community after a general session presentation by Robert Irvine, star of Food Network’s long-running "Restaurant Impossible" show waded into child nutrition issues.
Bruce Taylor, CEO of Taylor Farms, visits with other IFPA Foodservice Conference attendees on July 28.
IFPA CEO Cathy Burns speaks after a July 29 chef panel at the Foodservice Conference that featured, left to right, Bruce Taylor, CEO of Taylor Farms, Michel Nischan, founder and chair of Wholesome Wave/Wholesome Crave and Vincent Huynh, co-owner and culinary director at Agricole Hospitality.
Food Network personality Robert Irvine sparked lively back-and-forth verbal exchanges on child nutrition issues at the opening general session presentation on July 28 at the 2022 International Fresh Produce Association’s Foodservice Conference.
(left to right) Vic Smith, CEO of the JVSmith Companies, Yuma, Ariz. visits with TimYork, CEO of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement and Greg Komar, technical director of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement
The opening reception for the IFPA Foodservice Conference was held at the Barns in Monterey on July 28.
